Westside34 x 1hr comedy/drama series (the prequel to Outrageous Fortune)...

Legendary safe-cracker and criminal Ted West and his wife Rita are the central characters of this comedy/drama series that is a prequel to Outrageous Fortune. The fourth series is set in 1983 Auckland, where the historical drama will take Outrageous Fortune's large and loyal audience on a journey into Ted and Rita's murky past, set against a backdrop of social and economic upheaval. Series 4 launches on Monday, July 9th on Three. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Press Reviews

Westside picked up Best Drama at the Huawei Mate20 NZTV Awards at the annual ceremony which recognises excellence in local television.
Antonia Prebble also won the Best Actress category for her role as the show's matriarch, Rita West
NZTV Awards

Westside has picked up a smashing five award nominations at the 2018 NZTV Awards, including a nod to leading lady, Antonia Prebble for Best Actress for the second year running.
NZTV Awards

Will Hall (Detective Inspector Mike McCarthy) and Esther Stephens (Ngaire Munroe) talk big hair, tight jeans and criminal behaviour in the third season of spin-off drama Westside.
Sunday Star Times

Antonia Prebble talks about Rita's stance on feminism in the new series of Westside.
TV Guide

In the latest Westside, launching on July 10, Shane Cortese plays Danny, the father of his original Outrageous Fortune character, Hayden.
NZ Herald

Westside's back and naughtier than ever!
NZ Herald

Shane Cortese looks back to the 1980s
Stuff.co.nz

The Spinoff apologise profusely for doubting the authenticity of Will Hall's moustache. The #WestsideTV star says “If it wasn’t for knowing the moustache intimately, I too would have called it a fake."
The Spinoff.co.nz

Westside producers are still on the hunt for the teenage Cheryl West as filming for series 3 kicks off.
NZ Herald

Westside Series 3 gets set to film.
Stuff.co.nz

NZ Herald speculates on who might play a young Cheryl West in series 3 of Westside.
NZ Herald

Director Murray Keane talks about the use of real protest footage in the final episode of Westside, series 2.
Sunday Star Times

NZ On Air confirms funding for a third series of Westside.
NZ Herald

Kiwi stars take a nostalgic look back at the 80s in celebration of Westside.
NZ Women's Weekly

The Spinoff takes a look at the lessons in New Zealand history that Westside explores.
The Spinoff.co.nz

Jordan Mauger talks about the return of Rod Nugent to Westside.
NZ Herald

Antonia Prebble talks about what's in store for Rita in the next episode.
Newshub

Westside stars talk about what they don't miss from the 1980s.
Stuff.co.nz

Reef Ireland talks about playing Westside's Wolf
TV3 Newshub

Nicky Harrop checks out the fantastic music from Westside season 2.
NZ Herald

Westside celebrates 80s fashion.
Fashionz.co.nz

The official podcast for the hit New Zealand TV series, Westside is now available!
Westside Podcasat

Antonia Prebble (Rita West) gives us a rundown of Westside season 2.
TV3.co.nz

David de Lautour 'stoked' to be back playing career-criminal Ted West
Stuff.co.nz

Sarah Daniell does a flashback to the 80s: Westside stars look back on the decade of change
NZ Herald

Yahoo talked to David de Lautour, aka Ted West, about what the West family has up their sneaky sleeves for season two of Westside.
Yahoo.co.nz

Westside's Xavier Horan on playing dumb and training with the SAS.
Stuff.co.nz

Westside romps its way down nostalgia lane.
NZ Herald

Story journalist Sarah Stewart goes back to the 80s with Westside.
Story

The cub has grown up: Lydia Jenkin talks to the new star of Westside.
NZ Herald

It's 1981, a year of big hair, shoulder pads, a royal wedding, political turmoil and, for Rita West, freedom.Westside is back and Rita (Antonia Prebble) is out of jail. She served time after taking the rap for son Wolf, who shot Horseman gang member Cannonball. A lot has happened in the two years that Rita has been locked up.
TV Guide

Westside's Todd Emerson (Bilkey van Heeder) is set to perform the award-winning play Daffodils at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Daffodils team will put on a Benefit Gala on Friday 3 June at Auckland's Town Hall's Great Hall. The aim of the Gala is to help raise the funds needed to make the Edinburgh season of this critically claimed kiwi hit a reality.The evening will feature a performance of Daffodils by the original cast (Colleen Davis and Todd Emerson), with special guest performances by Tami Neilson, Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Trip Pony and LIPS.
Press Release

Westside wins Gold at New York Festival
NZ Herald

Newsworthy's Lachlan Forsyth joins the Westside crew
TV3

Tackling a younger version of Outrageous Fortune's notorious Wolf West character was a daunting task for Liam Ferguson.
Stuff.co.nz

We're hooked on TV3's Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside, and while the show is great, yes, we'd watch it for Rita West's styling alone.
With big lashes, bigger hair and sharp black winged eyeliner, her whole vibe is a bogan 1970s dream.
Personally, we want to look like this every day, if you do too, here's how.
Stuff.co.nz

Locations specialist Benny Tatton and longtime SPP production designer Clayton Ercolano looked back to the 70s with the Wests. Making the old new again was one of the challenges...
ScreeNZ

Glen Levy was a familiar figure on Outrageous Fortune but you may not have seen his face. Working as a stuntman on the series meant it was only the back of his head that appeared on screen.
TV Guide

Sausage rolls and cheese and pineapple hedgehogs: these are the armaments of a long, dirty and hopelessly addictive crime war in TV3's witty and plot-twisty new local drama, Westside, Sunday.
Jane Clifton

Expectations are a weird thing. They can transform a mediocre show into an acceptable one if they're low enough. Conversely, they can turn a fantastic show into an okay one by being too high.
I've watched no new show in the last decade with higher expectations than the ones I sat down with to watch the debut of Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside at the weekend - and I'm delighted to say nearly every one was met.
Stuff.co.nz

Host Paul Henry talks with Antonia Prebble.
Radiolive

Westside, the new prequel to the beloved Outrageous Fortune, takes us back to a bygone era...
Viva, NZ Herald

Today on the Glory Days Magazine telegram, we preview the new Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside which is set firmly in the decade that taste forgot - the 1970s!
Glory Days

Recreating a Westie paradise - especially one from the 70s - hasn’t been easy. Michelle Duff finds out how it was pulled off...
Culture

Is there anything Esther Stephens can't do?
The gifted actress-singer is on our screens in the final of TV One drama When We Go to War and next Sunday she'll be back in TV3's Outrageous Fortune prequel, Westside.
Spy

Antonia Prebble: on fame, nudity and ugg boots...
Your Weekend

They've wound the clock back on Outrageous Fortune all the way to the 1970s for a new show. Lydia Jenkin reports...
Time Out

David de Lautour stars in prequel to Outrageous Fortune...
Western Leader

One of New Zealand's most legendary bands has landed the theme song for the highly anticipated prequel to Outrageous Fortune...
Taranaki Daily News

Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortune, White Lies, The Blue Rose) and David de Lautour (The Kick, NCIS, Once Upon a Time) will headline the cast of South Pacific Pictures’ new comedy drama series WESTSIDE STORY, the six-part Outrageous Fortune prequel which is coming next year to TV3.
TV3